I spent today getting my butt into gear with the latest What's New for 2010 updates. I'll be adding more manufacturers in the next couple-few days, but in the mean time, I've updated the following entries:
- Audi: New nav system for A3, R8, TT
- Bentley: Sketchy details on the upcoming Arnage replacement
- BMW: 2011 X1 and further expansion of the 7-series lineup, including M Sport packages
- Buick: New four-cylinder base engine announced for the upcoming LaCrosse
- Honda: Accord Crosstour!!
- Hyundai: Updated Accent and an expanded model lineup for the Elantra Touring
- Jaguar: XF Supercharged (not to be confused with the XFR) and the first tiny details about the 2010 XJ (with more info to be released later today)
As always, I've divided all the info into "confirmed" and "rumored" so you'll know what's definitely coming and what is still just speculation. You can also check out the full make-by-make guide (so far) or my ever-expanding photo gallery of new and redesigned 2010 cars. More coming soon! -- Aaron Gold
I've always wanted to add book reviews to the Cars site, but I've just never gotten around to it. And then, a few weeks back, a PR person contacted me about reviewing Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their Battle for Speed and Glory at LeMans.
I'm an avid book junkie, and while cars are my second-favorite subject matter -- aviation is first, in case you were wondering -- I'm not a huge race fan. Nevertheless, I figured I'd give Go Like Hell a try -- if for no other reason than to get my book review section started.
Go Like Hell turned out to be one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a while. It wasn't anything like the dry, technically-oriented history I was expecting. Go Like Hell reads like a work of fiction -- a good work of fiction -- and it's all the better because the story is true. The book gives the reader a fascinating insight into the car industry at a time when two of the world's most influential car companies operated at the whim of the individual men who ran them.
And so I get to start off my book review section with a book I really enjoyed. Check out my review of Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their Battle for Speed and Glory at LeMans. Go Like Hell is currently available in hardback and lists for $26.00, but you can find better prices if you shop online. -- Aaron Gold
General Motors is likely to emerge from bankruptcy this week, but one aspect of "Old GM" that won't make it to "New GM" is New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., or NUMMI, the California-based joint manufacturing partnership between Toyota and GM -- and that means the one of my favorite GM cars is going away as well. Read more...
Last week Subaru flew me to Seattle to test the all-new 2010 Subaru Legacy, and my high expectations for that car didn't quite pan out. When I came home, I had another Subaru waiting for me -- a 2009 Impreza 2.5i hatchback. As with the Legacy, I was expecting to like this car. Did the Impreza also prove to be a disappointment? Find out in my 2009 Subaru Impreza test drive and review. -- Aaron Gold
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